A group of people gather for a meal under a tent in Luebeck.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 33768

Date: June 1945
Locale: Luebeck, [Schleswig-Holstein; Hamburg] Germany
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Bergen-Belsen -- LIBERATION -- Survivors -- Medical Care/Disinfection/Evac
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Ulla Knowles

Biography: Ulla Dahlgran Knowles was born in 1924 in Stockholm. In summer 1939, she and her mother went to London, where she met refugees from Germany. Their stories made an impression on her. Her frustration led her to volunteer to help survivors after the war. In June 1945, she spent six weeks in Luebeck, Germany, caring for the sick and emaciated liberated prisoners from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. This mission was organized by Count Folke Bernadotte with the Swedish Red Cross and UNRRA.
Keyword: BERGEN-BELSEN
BERNADOTTE MISSION
CONCENTRATION CAMPS
EATING/DRINKING
MEDICAL CARE/NURSES/MEDICS
SURVIVORS
TENTS
UNRRA (UN RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMIN)
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Ulla Knowles

Source Record ID: Collections: 2001.346
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